Ranger graduation schedule
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Everett Ruess
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Ranger graduation schedule
Welcome
Be proud, be very proud, for your son is joining that small and honored group of the finest young men this country has, and they are truly the finest men in the world. Although the life is Spartan, there are no finer people who could look after him.
Be proud, be very proud, for your son is joining that small and honored group of the finest young men this country has, and they are truly the finest men in the world. Although the life is Spartan, there are no finer people who could look after him.
RLTW
Lefty
SFOC 1969
6th SFG(A) 69-70
Ranger Class 13-70
MACV Tm 21 70-71 (2nd ARVN Ranger Gp 23d
BN)
2/13 Armor 1st Cav 71-72
"Experience teaches a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and some scarce in that"
Lefty
SFOC 1969
6th SFG(A) 69-70
Ranger Class 13-70
MACV Tm 21 70-71 (2nd ARVN Ranger Gp 23d
BN)
2/13 Armor 1st Cav 71-72
"Experience teaches a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and some scarce in that"
welcome. He'll want to go out to eat, don't matter where.
pron275
Cco 2/75 '92-94
HHC 2/75' '94-'96
RGR Class 5-94
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat" Theodore Roosevelt
Cco 2/75 '92-94
HHC 2/75' '94-'96
RGR Class 5-94
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat" Theodore Roosevelt
afraid to count chickens before they hatch?
Let me first say to you all THANK YOU for your kind welcome and great advice. As a parent going thru this army routine, we are having a difficult time acclimating to the lack of army communication and still have much adjusting to do. I guess we are still getting used to our son growing from a wee snot nose obstinate parent-hater to a phenomenal young man and soldier. We are very proud of him, and maybe proud seems understated. In AWE of him seems closer to home...
Anyway, we have made the reservations and will be there 8 days. God help him if he doesnt make it to grad, because what will we do for 8 days
Any suggestions for the Turkey Day meal in the Benning or even Atlanta area?
Does anyone have any idea how many have to recycle during the FL (swamp navagation) phase?
Any suggestions on how to help him should he NOT make it?I don't want to put a jinx on his grad, but I want to be as prepared as I can be so I can support him if and when he needs it. And don't yell at me, Im still trying to let go
Thanks a million!
Diski
Anyway, we have made the reservations and will be there 8 days. God help him if he doesnt make it to grad, because what will we do for 8 days
Any suggestions for the Turkey Day meal in the Benning or even Atlanta area?
Does anyone have any idea how many have to recycle during the FL (swamp navagation) phase?
Any suggestions on how to help him should he NOT make it?I don't want to put a jinx on his grad, but I want to be as prepared as I can be so I can support him if and when he needs it. And don't yell at me, Im still trying to let go
Thanks a million!
Diski
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Ardent Lady
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Last year we did Thanksgiving at the Courtyard near the Mall - I brought stuff from home and we warmed it up there in the microwaves they have in the room We ate and ate all day long :)
Reverend Mother of the Church of The Yellow River
The ultimate effect of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer
The ultimate effect of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer
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keepsmilin
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Thanks and Congratulations..
Dear Diski,
Thank you for your son's service to our country and for your support of his most noble task...
Take Care and what a great Thanksgiving you will have..
-KS
Thank you for your son's service to our country and for your support of his most noble task...
Take Care and what a great Thanksgiving you will have..
-KS
"Do not be too moral, you may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."
~Henry David Thoreau
~Henry David Thoreau
Try try again, and again, and again...
Hi Ladies-
Sorry to have been off line for these past few days- have been out of town.
My son called on Thurs to tell us he has to recycle thru Mtn training. He sounds dejected and frustrated, but not enough to call it quits. He says it take bigger cojones to quit than to go thru it again!
Hes going to try again despite the bad feet and 30 lb weight loss since the start of this.
Hes having a problem due to lack of experiance and any active duty. I didnt know how, or even if I SHOULD encourage him to try again since he was so mentally tired.
My god, the disapline you Rangers must have has got to be monumental...
We won't have to worry about where or what to eat on Thanksgiving Day now, but thanks for all the help and suggestions.
He said when they returned to base they stuffed themselves till they got sick, then did it again!
Will send him a care package so that he gets it when this phase is over.
Diski
Sorry to have been off line for these past few days- have been out of town.
My son called on Thurs to tell us he has to recycle thru Mtn training. He sounds dejected and frustrated, but not enough to call it quits. He says it take bigger cojones to quit than to go thru it again!
Hes going to try again despite the bad feet and 30 lb weight loss since the start of this.
Hes having a problem due to lack of experiance and any active duty. I didnt know how, or even if I SHOULD encourage him to try again since he was so mentally tired.
My god, the disapline you Rangers must have has got to be monumental...
We won't have to worry about where or what to eat on Thanksgiving Day now, but thanks for all the help and suggestions.
He said when they returned to base they stuffed themselves till they got sick, then did it again!
Will send him a care package so that he gets it when this phase is over.
Diski
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Mom in Texas
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Re: Try try again, and again, and again...
Encourage him! Tell him he can do it....don't quit!Diski wrote:Hes having a problem due to lack of experiance and any active duty. I didnt know how, or even if I SHOULD encourage him to try again since he was so mentally tired.
He's in the Army now one way or the other. When/if he deploys.....you want him with a Ranger Batt.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. - Colin Powell
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289sotherhalf
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Diski,
Definately give him all the encouragement you can, he is definately going to need it. :D
Definately give him all the encouragement you can, he is definately going to need it. :D
~Ranger Wife~
"Love your enemies...it pisses them off!"
"Be careful whose toes you step on today because they might be connected to the foot that kicks your ass tomorrow."
"Behind every damsel is a fire breathing dragon."
"Love your enemies...it pisses them off!"
"Be careful whose toes you step on today because they might be connected to the foot that kicks your ass tomorrow."
"Behind every damsel is a fire breathing dragon."